Christians are called to serve. A challenge to offer your life in service to Christ. Sermon #4 in the Series: Revive!

Sermon
Lanier Christian Church
February 12, 2017
David Simpson
Series: Revive! Sermon #4
Serve Wholeheartedly
Ephesians 6:7
Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people…(Ephesians 6:7)
Serve wholeheartedly. That’s our calling as Christians. We are called
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James and John were naturally talented and dedicated to the Lord. Their mother, just like many mothers today, wanted the best for her children, and so a few days before Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, she made a request in behalf of her children.

April 20, 2006
Near Jordan
(37) Ambition of James and John
Matthew 20:20-28, Mark 10:35-45
20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
From Matthew 4:21 we know that the two sons of Zebedee were the
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As a child I really enjoyed playing hide and go seek. Little did I realize as a child how much this game of hide and seek paralleled the Return - The Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

As a child I really enjoyed playing... hide and go seek.
I loved it ...no matter if ...I was the one hiding ... trying not to get caught, ... or if I was the one seeking; ......who was trying to catch those hiding... unexpectedly.
Although I have not played in quite some time, ......I do
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Jesus teaches three ways NOT to go after self-worth, and then concludes with the only truly lasting and meaningful way to find one's worth. Not only that, but he models that true way for us.

Matthew 23:1-12
The Source of Self-worth
Do you ever wonder why some people are such jerks? Sometimes people can be so cruel to others! And yet, behind the facade of the bully lies a deep insecurity, a fear of rejection.
Our bookstores are full of books about self-worth. I did a quick
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This has been a very successful lesson through the years. It requires foot work to gather the material but it well worth it. We search the two different strategies of life styles of a COWBOY vs a SHEPHERD... O, LORD I WANT TO BE A COWBOY. (not a shepherd)

GOD I WANT TO BE A COWBOY ---I AM SO SORRY, BUT I MUST TO BE A COWBOY...
LOOK AT TWO STRATEGIES OF DAILY LIVING...
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr.
O, GOD, I WANT TO BE A COWBOY... I start out singing, HOME, HOME ON THE RANGE
STRATEGY: game plan, a careful plan, approach, method to achieve
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Who Is Jesus?
Message 3: Redeemer Jesus
Text: Matthew 20:25-28
Introduction:
Today we wrap up the Who Is Jesus series that’s based in Matthew’s gospel. In our last message in the series we talked about Radical Jesus; about how he proclaimed Jubilee, declared the arrival of God’s Kingdom, and
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“Lessons Learned from Mom”
May 14, 2017
Matthew 20:20-21
“Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.
“What is it you want?” he asked.
She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your
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James and John wanted to to sit at Christ's side in His kingdom - is this raw ambition? or is there something else here we can learn from?

Ambition
Matthew 20:20 - 28
Today we see two of Jesus' closest disciple being ambitious, the request to sit at Christ's side in His kingdom.
Ironically in Mark’s gospel it is James and John who actually come to Jesus with this request.
In Matthew, today's gospel, it is their mother…
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William Gladstone said, "Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race." Think about it; if everyone just looked out for #1 then no one would be satisfied; including #1. I can gain a lot by being selfish...except what's truly important.

GOD IS UNSELFISH
William Gladstone said, "Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race." If you think about that there's much truth in it. If everyone just looked out for #1 then no one would be satisfied; including #1. There's a lot to be gained by being selfish except what matters most.
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LESS RELIGION AND MORE FAITH
Matthew 20: 25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be
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This sermon deals with being selfless as apposed to selfish in our personal lives.

Selfish or Selfless
Back in 2013, the word of the year was “selfie”. It seems with the advent of the smart phone and even some of the latest flip phones, we have fallen in love with taking our own picture.
The word selfie makes me think of the character from Greek mythology named
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The theologian Adam Clarke notes that in the Greek there are no less than 5 five negatives in this short discourse. I will Never ... Never ... Never ... Never ... Never... leave you or forsake you.

I recently read a story ... about a traveler who was having a conversation ... with a farmer ... from upstate New York.
They both were discussing the weather, ... and the farmer assured the traveler ...that he could tell what the weather was going to be ... by watching the behavior ... of his
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A very short sermon questioning our desire to e discipled. You can't be a follower if you are not following, eh.

ARE WE FOLLOWING
THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST?
Paul wrote these words to the Church in Corinth , You must follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.” 1 Corinthians 11:1 (CEV)
Play video "Plumb ‘One Drop’" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYP5gE-kDjY
Towards the
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"Mrs. Zebedee," the mother of James & John, gets a bad rap for her request to Jesus for prominent places in Christ's kingdom. Actually, Mrs. Zebedee demonstrates some good qualities for mothers on Mother’s Day to emulate. This sermon looks at them.

Mrs. Zebedee
Chuck Sligh
May 8, 2016
A PowerPoint presentation is available for this message upon request by emailing me at chucksligh@hotmail.com.
The outline and most of the introduction are adapted from a sermon by Melvin Newman titled Mother’s Day - A Mother’s Love found on
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